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01-05-2011 | Migraine Pathophysiology

The contribution of fMRI to elucidate the pathophysiology of primary headaches

Author: Gennaro Bussone

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Special Issue 1/2011

Abstract

Understanding the pathophysiology of head pain is an essential prerequisite for unraveling enigmas related to the clinical management of primary headaches. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is now sufficiently sophisticated to provide data for testing hypotheses about the pathophysiology of chronic and primary headache forms generated from clinical and other observations. The aim of this paper is to assess the use of fMRI in headache pathophysiology considered an imbalance between behavioral and pain responses.

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Title: The contribution of fMRI to elucidate the pathophysiology of primary headaches
Author: Gennaro Bussone
Publication date: 01-05-2011
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-011-0557-9

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